That's a nice fan-made trailer you've got at the end of the story, Tom.

As for the game... I don't know. Spider-Man should be an easy character to translate into open-world gaming. Swing around New York, bust criminals and get into fights with various super villains - but they all seem to fall short. Sounding like a broken record here, but I would love to see Rocksteady's take on Spider-Man. Reply+11

Two levels were absolute bastards in this game: the one where your helicopter has been shot down and you've lost all your equipment and there's fucking mines everywhere. And of course the final level, where you'd turn a corner and a turret would tear you in two. But at least I beat it. Once. After a few months of being pissed at it.

Still a fantastic game. Not to mention that the main character is a Welshman, which must be rare in video games. At least it was rare enough in 2001 that reviews always mentioned it. :D Reply+5

But I do have a dungeon filled with macabre items. I have five vampire hunting kits, three shrunken heads, two mummies, two full-size - three actually now - skeletons in coffins. I have human hearts, a human foetus.

Oh, it's a common interest thing then? Good for Richard, it's always nice to talk to people with the same hobbies. Reply+7

There's a "traditional" XCOM being released later this year. Fans have been outraged by this version.

I'm betting that they're taking this year to purge the game of XCOM references and we'll see it in 2013 as something completely different. Same storyline, same characters, same setting, no XCOM. Reply+2

A bit?! Come on, be honest. The blocks, the outlined boxes, the grass textures, the urns, the keys, the pipes... It's a fun game, but I'd have liked it more if they'd done some actual work with the art. Reply-1

"In AC3, we promise you that within 30 seconds of putting the disc in the tray, you will in fact be assassinating someone. That's a promise."

It's the "Crate Review System" for a modern era!

And I must say that I'm not really that interested in the new setting. The thing that was absolutely fascinating about AC1, 2, B and R was that they were taking place in eras that are - and let's be honest here - becoming less remembered as the years go on. The Americans never, ever, ever shut up about their Revolutionary War, but the Crusades and the Italian Renaissance aren't really covered that much in history classes these days. "Crusades: Well, the Christian church really didn't like Islam so they tried to wipe it out. Didn't really work out." and "Renaissance: It's Da Vinci and Michelangelo and the 'rebirth' of the classical era. Next time period!" That's what made the earlier games so fascinating. Reply+5

Considering that this was a non-speaking role, why the hell wouldn't you dump some extra dollars into getting Mark Vanderloo in front of the blue screen and doing all the Shepard stuff? There was no talking in this ad, so that's not a problem. If his hair has grown out, ask him to shave his head. Again. You did it once before to get a face scan, might as well do it again instead of hiring somebody who doesn't look like the default Shepard at all.

Spectacular, sensational, amazing and apparently a New York devoid of all human life... Spidey is swinging across what looks like lower Manhattan and there's not even ten cars on the street, not to mention that I can't actually see a single pedestrian.

For anyone wondering, the skins in the screenshot are (from left to right): Batman Beyond, The Dark Knight Returns, Earth One Batman, Bronze Age Batman (1970-1985), Animated Series Batman & Arkham City Batman.

Lynda Carter is married to Robert A. Altman who is CEO of ZeniMax. So she probably knows quite a lot of the devs and hey, if you've got an actress who will do voice work for you for the low, low price of keeping your boss happy... Why not? Reply+1